diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 24d0cdf10..6fd17a24b 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ Returns: (str) The URL of the remote Git repository, or None.
 
 Find and return the timestamp of the given commit.
 
-— **def [ls\_remote](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#472)(self, url, ref, name=None, tags=True, branches=True, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [ls\_remote](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#472)(self, url, ref, name=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Request the head revision for a given ref using ls-remote. Raise a
 StepFailure if the ref does not exist, or more than one ref was found.
@@ -546,8 +546,6 @@ Args:
   * url (str): url of remote repo to use as upstream.
   * ref (str): ref to query head revision.
   * name (str):  Name of the infra step.
-  * tags (bool): Include tags.
-  * branches (bool): Include branches.
 
 Returns: A git revision.
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
index aeb458eb6..1d4ea0f3c 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class GitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
                           step_test_data=step_test_data)
     return [l.strip() for l in step_result.stdout.strip().splitlines()]
 
-  def ls_remote(self, url, ref, name=None, tags=True, branches=True, **kwargs):
+  def ls_remote(self, url, ref, name=None, **kwargs):
     """Request the head revision for a given ref using ls-remote. Raise a
     StepFailure if the ref does not exist, or more than one ref was found.
 
@@ -477,20 +477,12 @@ class GitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
       * url (str): url of remote repo to use as upstream.
       * ref (str): ref to query head revision.
       * name (str):  Name of the infra step.
-      * tags (bool): Include tags.
-      * branches (bool): Include branches.
 
     Returns: A git revision.
     """
     cwd = self.m.context.cwd or self.m.path.start_dir
     name = name or f'Retrieve revision for {ref}'
-
-    cmd = ['ls-remote']
-    if tags:
-      cmd.append('-t')
-    if branches:
-      cmd.append('-b')
-    cmd.extend([url, ref])
+    cmd = ['ls-remote', url, ref]
 
     with self.m.context(cwd):
       result = self(*cmd,
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/tests/ls_remote.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/tests/ls_remote.py
index af6432b16..c26502979 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/tests/ls_remote.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/tests/ls_remote.py
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ REPO_URL = 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8'
 def RunSteps(api):
   url = api.properties.get('url', REPO_URL)
   ref = api.properties.get('ref', 'main')
-  tags = api.properties.get('tags', True)
-  branches = api.properties.get('branches', True)
 
-  result = api.git.ls_remote(url, ref, tags=tags, branches=branches)
+  result = api.git.ls_remote(url, ref)
   api.step.empty('revision', step_text=result)
 
 
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ def GenTests(api):
 
   yield test(
       'basic',
-      ['git', 'ls-remote', '-t', '-b', REPO_URL, 'main'],
+      ['git', 'ls-remote', REPO_URL, 'main'],
       mock_ls_remote('main', [('badc0ffee0ded', 'refs/heads/main')]),
       api.post_process(
           post.StepTextEquals,
@@ -65,23 +63,9 @@ def GenTests(api):
       ),
   )
 
-  yield test(
-      'no-tags',
-      ['git', 'ls-remote', '-b', REPO_URL, 'main'],
-      api.properties(tags=False),
-      mock_ls_remote('main', [('badc0ffee0ded', 'refs/heads/main')]),
-  )
-
-  yield test(
-      'no-branches',
-      ['git', 'ls-remote', '-t', REPO_URL, 'main'],
-      api.properties(branches=False),
-      mock_ls_remote('main', [('badc0ffee0ded', 'refs/heads/main')]),
-  )
-
   yield test(
       'multiple-refs',
-      ['git', 'ls-remote', '-t', '-b', REPO_URL, '13.3.19'],
+      ['git', 'ls-remote', REPO_URL, '13.3.19'],
       api.properties(ref='13.3.19'),
       mock_ls_remote('13.3.19', [
           ('badc0ffee0ded', 'refs/heads/13.3.19'),
@@ -95,7 +79,7 @@ def GenTests(api):
 
   yield test(
       'no-refs',
-      ['git', 'ls-remote', '-t', '-b', REPO_URL, '13.3'],
+      ['git', 'ls-remote', REPO_URL, '13.3'],
       api.properties(ref='13.3'),
       mock_ls_remote('13.3', []),
       api.post_process(post.StatusFailure),